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THE TRAVELS OF IBN BATUTA , Translated from the abridged Arabic
Manuscript Copies preserved in the Public Library of Cambridge , with NOTES ,
illustrative of the History , Geography , Botany , Antiquities , & c . occurring
throughout the ...
THE TRAVELS OF IBN BATUTA , Translated from the abridged Arabic
Manuscript Copies preserved in the Public Library of Cambridge , with NOTES ,
illustrative of the History , Geography , Botany , Antiquities , & c . occurring
throughout the ...
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Translated from the Arabic by W. B. Hodgson , Esq . , late American Consul at
Algiers , F.M.R.A.S. II . Extracts from the Sakaa Thevan Saasteram , or Book of
Fate . - Translated from the Tamul Language , by the Rev. Joseph Roberts , Cor .
Translated from the Arabic by W. B. Hodgson , Esq . , late American Consul at
Algiers , F.M.R.A.S. II . Extracts from the Sakaa Thevan Saasteram , or Book of
Fate . - Translated from the Tamul Language , by the Rev. Joseph Roberts , Cor .
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Octavo ; 7s . 33 . THE TUHFAT - UL - MUJAHADIN ; A History of the First
Settlement of the Mohammedans in Malabar and of their subsequent struggles
with the Portuguese . Translated from the Arabic . By LIEUTENANT M.
ROWLANDSON .
Octavo ; 7s . 33 . THE TUHFAT - UL - MUJAHADIN ; A History of the First
Settlement of the Mohammedans in Malabar and of their subsequent struggles
with the Portuguese . Translated from the Arabic . By LIEUTENANT M.
ROWLANDSON .
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Makrizi's Khitat , or History and Statistics of Egypt ; translated by Abraham
Salamé , Esq . This Arabic work includes accounts of the conquest of Egypt by
the Khaliphs , A.D. 640 ; and of the cities , rivers , ancient and modern inhabitants
of Egypt ...
Makrizi's Khitat , or History and Statistics of Egypt ; translated by Abraham
Salamé , Esq . This Arabic work includes accounts of the conquest of Egypt by
the Khaliphs , A.D. 640 ; and of the cities , rivers , ancient and modern inhabitants
of Egypt ...
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Page 21 - ... proportions of symmetry." (p. 15.) The third chapter treats of the nature and quality of ground on which buildings are to be erected ; it is very copious and very curious. Minute directions are given for constructing a plough, and for ploughing the ground on which the house is to be built. This being done, " let sesamum seeds, pulse, and kidneybeans be sown, with incantations pronounced over them; and let due reverence be paid to the spiritual teacher ; and let the oxen, and the plough to which...
Page 17 - Wo to them who dwell in a house not built according to the proportions of symmetry. in building an edifice, therefore, let all its parts, from the basement to the roof, be duly considered.
Page 18 - The ground to be avoided is described in a special manner as follows : " That which has the form of a circle, a semicircle, containing three, five, or six angles, resembling a trident or a winnow, shaped like the hinder part of a fish, or the back of an elephant, or a turtle, or the face of a cow, and the like ; situated opposite to any of the intermediate quarters northwest, and the like ; abounding with human sculls, stones, worms, ant-hills, ON THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE HINDUS.